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Ohio Spacing

Shotgun·Wing Flex Offset·12

Spacing Pass Play Cover 3 Beater Cover 4 Beater

Play diagram for Ohio Spacing from Shotgun Wing Flex Offset in Madden 27

Quick Reference

FormationShotgun

SetWing Flex Offset

Personnel

121 RB · 2 TE · 2 WR

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Breakdown

Ohio Spacing lines up out of Shotgun Wing Flex Offset with 12 personnel, showing a bunch look to the trips side and a single receiver to the boundary. The lone receiver runs a deep vertical up the sideline while the outside receiver in the bunch clears vertically and turns it back into a comeback at the sideline, creating a natural high-low stretch on the corner. Inside the bunch, one receiver runs a quick out to the flat and the other sits down on a shallow curl, giving you a five-man spacing concept that stretches the underneath zone horizontally while the two verticals occupy the deep defenders. This is a classic zone beater built to attack Cover 3 and Cover 4 by flooding one level of the field, and the primary read progression starts with the flat route, works up to the curl sitting in the void, and finishes with the comeback or deep shot if a defender bites underneath.

Defensive Reads

Identify two high safeties pre-snap, which signals Cover 3 or Cover 4 and tells you the spacing concept has room to work underneath. Watch the flat defender at the snap, since if he sinks with the curl route instead of stepping out to the flat, the flat throw is wide open for an easy completion. Key the curl-flat linebacker's depth, because a shallow drop leaves the curl route open in the soft spot behind him and in front of the deep zone defenders. Look for user-controlled defenders lurking in the curl-flat window, since a smart user will sit right in that throwing lane and jump the curl or flat throw if you stare it down. Recognize man coverage or a two-deep press shell pre-snap as a sign to bail on this concept, since Cover 1 or Cover 2 press can take away the spacing timing and force you into the comeback or deep shot instead.

Usage Tips

Check pre-snap for two deep safeties versus one high, since this concept is built to eat up Cover 3 and Cover 4 shells with soft zone drops. If the corner to the bunch side is playing off and deep, look immediately to the flat route for a free access throw before the linebacker can flow outside. Use the curl route as your rhythm throw against Cover 3 sink, since the flat defender and curl-flat linebacker cannot cover both routes if they are honoring the flat. Hot route the comeback route into a hitch against aggressive man corners if you diagnose Cover 1 or Cover 0 pre-snap, since the comeback loses value against tight man coverage. Pair this play with Mtn Mesh Spot or Slants Y Stick on the next snap so the defense has to respect quick underneath throws before you come back to this spacing shell later in the drive.